Ecclesiastical ritual case.



A. E. MAGUIRE.

ECCLESlASTlCAL RITUAL CASE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2.1916.

1,242,570. I Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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nccLEsIA-srrcAL RITUAL oAsn Specification of Iletters Patent; Pate ted )013. 9, 1917.

' Application filed. October 2, 1916. Serial no. 123,260.]

To. all whom-it may concern Be it knownthat I, ALEXANDER E. MA.- GUIRE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Sillery, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and/use.- ful Improvements in Ecclesiastical Ritual Cases; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, .suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a case or cabinet containing all the requisites for the administration of the last rites in the Roman Catholic Churchby apriest in administrating the sacraments to the sick. 1

an object of the in'ventionis to provide a portable cabinet of this. character which when folded will form a compact carrying case containing all of the requisites to perform the ecclesiastical rites of the church in private and when, opened will present to view in position all of the contentsjfor administrating the last sacraments. With the above andother objects in View which will hereinafter. appear as the description continues, the inventionconsists 0f the novel features of constructiomcombination and formation of parts as will be hereinafter more fully describedand particularly pointed out in the appended'claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been shown the simpl'e and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation isnecessarily made-to the precise structural details herein exhibited,"but

the right is hereby reserved to any changes, alterations or modifications to which recourse may be had that come within the scope of the invention without departing,

from the spirit thereof or sacrificing the efficiency of the same.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case when opened;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the same;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the case when opened;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through the oil infirmorum section;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View showing the means for supporting the crucifix;

Fig.7 isj'a detail sectional view through i one of the candle, supporters; and,

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the holy water I bottle.

Referring now more. particularly to the accompanying drawings wherein like. and corresponding parts are designated by similar reference characters throughout the severalviews. o I i t The numeral 1 indicates the bottom of the case having its end walls 2 and a frlonjt' wall 3. The rear wall 4 of the case is a continua tion of the bottom 1 but it is hingedly connected thereto along the line 5. Also. forminga continuationof the bottom 1 is a top (3 which is hingedly connected to the upper end of the rear wall along the line 7. When I thecabinet is folded the latch member 8 carriedby the cover G is adapted. to engage within the lug 9 and secured to the front the cabinet may be easily carried. Theinteriorof the,cabinet is.tobearranged so as to contain all of the rites or ordinances of a church whereby they may be folded within the cabinet when not in use, but whenthe cabinet is opened as better shown in Fig. ,1

wall 3 ofthe cabinet is handle 10.. whereby all of thecontents. will be available and presented for use. I i

A partition. wall 11 is formed within the cabinet dividing the same up into sections and arranged within one of the sections is a plurality of partition walls 12for dividing the same up into small sections. The

section 13 is to contain theI-Wa'dding, the

the cabinet 19 upon the bearings 20 is a receptacle 21 in which the oil infirmorum is to be arranged. Adapted to be placed within the pocket 22 is a spoon 23. A case 24 may also be arranged within the cabinet for containing the pyres.

Secured to the bottom 1 as at 25 is a mat 26 upon which'is adapted to be arranged the corporal cloth 27 and this mat 26 is provided with the taps28 by which the outer or free end of the mat may be fastened down to the under face of the cover, 6. Arranged upon the inner face of the covert and at each side of the corporal cloth are the plates 29 having pivotally connected thereto the arms 30. Each of the arms 30 comprises two sections which are hingedly connected as at 31 and the outer section is provided with the holders 32 in which may be arranged the candles 33. The upper ends of the candles 33 are adapted to be protected by means of the tapers 3% each of which is provided with the depending apcrtured lugs 35 and are connected to the holders 32 by means of the elastic cord 36. Also arranged within the cover 6 is a plate 37 hav ing hingedly connected thereto as at 38 a support 39 and slidably mounted within the support 39 is the base of the crucifix 40. A leaf spring 41 is mounted upon the base 37 and is adapted to engage a lug 42- carried by the sleeve 39 so that the crucifix may be retained in a vertical position when opened, but when closed the base portion of the crucifix may slide within the sleeve 39 so that its base portion will project on both sides of the pivoted connection 38, thereby preventing the sleeve from moving when the crucifix is folded within the cabinet and in this manner the crucifix is held in a rigid position. The holy water bottle is provided with a stopper 42 and depending from this stopper is an arm having an enlarged bulb 4C3. Arranged Within this enlarged bulb 43 is a plurality of openings whereby when the bulb is inserted within the holy water the rite will accumulate therein and by with drawing the stopper 42 from the bottle the required amount of holy water will also be carried therewith.

By providing a detachable connection between the free end of the mat 26 and the cover 6 a pocket 44 is arranged under this mat whereby the ritual, slate, communion card, stole, surplice or other articles neces sary for administrating the sacraments, as

rename indicated generally by the numeral 45, may be arranged.

7 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cabinet of the character described comprising a rectangular body portion, a rear wall hingedly connected'to the body portion, a cover hingedly connected to said rear wall, a mat secured at one end within said body portion, means for detachably connecting said mat to said cover, foldable candle supports arranged within said cover at each side of said mat, and a foldable crucifix support arranged within said cover at the end of said mat substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cabinet of the character described comprising a body portion, a cover hingedly connected thereto, said body portion having a plurality of compartments arranged therein, ritual members supported upon said cover, a crucifix included in said ritual members, a support hingedly mounted within said cover for receiving the base of said crucifix and means for retaining said support in a vertical position when the cover is opened substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cabinet of the character described 7 comprising a body portion, compartments arranged within said body portion, a cover hingedly connected to said body portion, ritual members arranged within said cover, plates secured within said cover, a sectional arm pivotally mounted upon each oi said plates and a candle holder carried by each of said arms substantially as and for the purpose specified. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALEXANDER EUSTAOE MAGUIRE.

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